Southwestern Life Ins. Co. v. Sanguinet

SPEER, Justice.

The subject of this suit is a life insurance policy. The controversy is, who is entitled to the proceeds and how, when and where shall the provisions of the contract be enforced. •

From the pleadings of ’all parties and certain stipulated fa'cts, it is quite apparent that Southwestern Life-Insurance Company had issued, its policy of insurance for $1,000 on the life of Robert Marshall Sanguinet, naming Nannie Mary Sanguinet, wife of 'the insured, as beneficiary. This policy was in effect at the time of the death of insured from drowning on August 29, 1949; he left ■no will.…